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OT: Knicks - Hurley and Pitino passed, does anyone want the job?

Scoe said:
How creative pile onto a narrative instead of having a mind of your own.
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Really? People now get criticized on this board if a post isn't up to your standards? Nice post
 
Terry Stotts would be the best pick at this point I think? I think Jenkins from Memphis stinks. Mike Brown? ALL SET.

I don't know, maybe shouldn't have fired TT in the first place..
 
navery12 said:
No, they were going to interview them and then decide if they wanted to hire them. All I'm saying is that there's no evidence they're left with options 6-12 after some teams denied them permission.
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I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. You don't ask for permission unless you are ready to hire the man. Why would a guy say yes to just an interview? How could he ever go back to his old team after showing a desire to leave? There's plenty of evidence they are on 6+ if one is honest about it. I bet Jay Wright was first choice.
 
Doubt they're going for a 1st time head coach, and if they are it'll be Johnnie Bryant. My money is still on Jason Kidd
 
navery12 said:
Doubt they're going for a 1st time head coach, and if they are it'll be Johnnie Bryant. My money is still on Jason Kidd
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Brian Windhorst just noted that many coaches have signed extensions recently. Jason Kidd has not. And that Kidd has lost his top assistant while his #2 asst may be leaving as well.
The implication was that he's going to NY.
 
Firing Thibs was not the move I would have made, but under Leon the Knicks have been one of the best run teams in the league imo so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. I don’t believe the talk that Dolan forced this move. I think you could make a really strong argument for both sides whether moving on from him was the right move.

I don’t have a strong opinion on who I want out of the names that have been mentioned. Ultimately I think you need the guy who can best unlock the Brunson-KAT tandom. They need to be absolutely elite offensively when those 2 are playing together. Your defensive ceiling is limited with those 2 on the court together but I think with the roster they’ve built, and hopefully the addition of another guard or wing who can defend, they can be good enough defensively if they can get the most out of their offense.

There’s enough smoke out there that I think the kidd possibilities aren’t completely dead. But if not him no clue who the favorite is.
 
I doubt Hurley or Pitino were considered. In college it is all about the coach. In the NBA it is the players.
 
Don’t they have to wait until the Championship series is over before they can announce?
 
freescooter said:
I doubt Hurley or Pitino were considered. In college it is all about the coach. In the NBA it is the players.
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But Dawn Staley is getting an interview? No disrespect to her I just can’t imagine that Dan and Rick weren’t even considered. If they weren’t approached it’s because they said “no” very early.
 
kemba said:
Firing Thibs was not the move I would have made, but under Leon the Knicks have been one of the best run teams in the league imo so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. I don’t believe the talk that Dolan forced this move. I think you could make a really strong argument for both sides whether moving on from him was the right move.

I don’t have a strong opinion on who I want out of the names that have been mentioned. Ultimately I think you need the guy who can best unlock the Brunson-KAT tandom. They need to be absolutely elite offensively when those 2 are playing together. Your defensive ceiling is limited with those 2 on the court together but I think with the roster they’ve built, and hopefully the addition of another guard or wing who can defend, they can be good enough defensively if they can get the most out of their offense.

There’s enough smoke out there that I think the kidd possibilities aren’t completely dead. But if not him no clue who the favorite is.
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Somebody reading they hired Dawn Staley, lolz.
 
freescooter said:
I doubt Hurley or Pitino were considered. In college it is all about the coach. In the NBA it is the players.
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The difference between a college coach and a pro coach shrank quite a bit in the last few years.
 
Staven said:
I'm a huge Knick fan and what they did to Tib's was a disgrace. Their head coaching search was never thought through and now the organization has egg on their face. Coach Hurley or any coach for that matter need to be out of their minds to accept that position.
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I don't know. They moved on from a coach whose exact flaws are what is specifically holding the team back. It sucks, but I don't disagree with them, frankly.
 
Waquoit said:
I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. You don't ask for permission unless you are ready to hire the man. Why would a guy say yes to just an interview? How could he ever go back to his old team after showing a desire to leave? There's plenty of evidence they are on 6+ if one is honest about it. I bet Jay Wright was first choice.
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False. You don't make a list of possible replacements, rank them based on your interest and then interview them in order. That may be a wildly idealistic way to imagine how it works, but you also don't just hire coaches because you've seen them. I would certainly hope the Knicks would use an actual interview process with specific traits they're looking for and go find out if available coaches match those traits.
 
DRBackup said:
False. You don't make a list of possible replacements, rank them based on your interest and then interview them in order. That may be a wildly idealistic way to imagine how it works, but you also don't just hire coaches because you've seen them. I would certainly hope the Knicks would use an actual interview process with specific traits they're looking for and go find out if available coaches match those traits.
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I’m talking about poaching people who are already under contract. You don’t have an “ interview process” with someone under contract.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The difference between a college coach and a pro coach shrank quite a bit in the last few years.
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Not talking about the job. About who is the center of attention. And to a large degree who gets to call the shots. I imagine more people.can name the stars on OKC than can name the coach. More people can name the UConn coach than the best player.
 
Just saw a headline "Leon Rose upgrading Knicks depth chart..." Doesn't that make one think the move was to upgrade the depth chart AND keep Thibs?
 
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